During my tenure at Sinclair Community College, I’ve noticed an overall lack of enthusiasm from the student body. I’m a student and I can tell you it hasn’t been exactly thrilling to be enrolled at a community college.
There is no camaraderie between students. There is no passion or feelings for the spirit of Sinclair. As a whole, students commute to Sinclair for only one purpose: class.
I’m not saying class isn’t important. Students simply aren’t on campus enough to become emotionally attached to Sinclair’s positive traits.
I’ve always realized the lack of enthusiasm from community college students, but it took one event to change my outlook and finally see that Sinclair students can become more spirit-oriented.
I attended my first Sinclair basketball game of the year and was blown away by the amount of support both the men and women’s team received. Granted, it was no more than 300 people, but it was easily the most people I had seen in one place on campus.
Growing up, I was always under the assumption that being a college student would be the best years of my life. I don’t think being enrolled at Sinclair should be any different than being a student at Wright State. The only clear differences between the two schools are athletics, tuition and campus boarding.
Campus boarding is the main benefit to school spirit. If I were stuck on Sinclair’s campus 24 hours a day, I would probably attend a fair amount of extracurricular activties like sporting events and club meetings.
The fact is the majority of students enrolled at Sinclair commute to campus with cars and prefer to leave downtown as soon as class is let out.
I know every student is different and approaches school in separate ways. Personally, I’m the kind of student who wants to make a special connection with the college I attend.
Whether it’s attending a play in Blair Hall or a basketball game in Building 8, find something to connect with while you still can.